The Knicks started this one 11-0. The Celtics and Knicks have a bit of an altercation center court. Felton has to be smarter. He's talking smack to a pointless bench player. Jordan Crawford.
Smith for three. No. That's it. Knicks let it play out. Knick fans upset. Spike Lee has a word with Pierce.
Knicks could use a Reggie Miller like performance. The faces on these Knicks fans-priceless.
Knicks ball 48.3 remaining--- Felton for three! No. Kidd with the deflection. Garnett is fouled.
Seconds left. Garnett open. Garnett sinks it!!! What a shot! Seven-point game. The pressure back on the Knicks.
1:05 to play in the game-- Knicks suddenly alive.
1:20 eight point game. Terry... Misses the three. Shumpert pushes. Smith. YES! Five-point game.
2:45 Smith with a big three! Smith had the turnover! Lost it GREEN FOR THREE!!!
3:35 Time is winding down. .... Felton with the hoop.... Green with the dagger!
4:04 Knick ball. Melo penetrates. Ball gets knocked out of bounds. Melo misses the three. Green gets fouled by Chandler
4:13 Smith to the line. Can make it single digits. Yes. Pierce with the offensive foul.
5:26 Felton misses threee. Shumpert for three. Nothing.
6:11 Another boston turnover and the Knicksacn't make a shot. Melo goes to the line.
6:46 8 seconds on the clock. Knicks with the defense and Chandler was wide open. Shumper put his head down.
7:01 Shumpert to the line... 1-2 ....
7:24 Knicks get the turnover! Smith drives. Gets called for the foul. Was going for the alley for Chandler and he wasn't even looking. Knicks offense has nothing.
8:48 Melo gets the goal tending call. Pierce fouls Smith. Smart foul as Smith had the lane.
THE KNICKS HAVE NOTHING!! The Celtics are not only winning, they are punishing! Steve Kerr just compared this series to the Red Sox and Yankees.
UGH!! Knicks again. Looking disgusting!.... Celtics on the attack. Bass will go to the line.
10:53 Knicks can't get anything to fall and it's now 11-point lead.
11:06 The Knicks with another chance. Melo's shoulder. His left shoulder is hanging and he doesn't seem to want to move it. Oh! No surprise. Kevin Garnett held on to his arm as he was going to defend Terry. Melo on the bench. Melo on the floor.
Knicks will have to put together a string of buckets and completely play their way of playing if they want to close this series out.
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Jason Terry is playing way better than the than Smith. The Knicks aren't penetrating and settling for jumpers. The difference is that the Celtics are making shots.
2:00 minutes remaining-. Knicks force turnover. Terry with the block. ANTHONY MISSES ANOTHER THREE! Game would ahve been tied.
Melo misses the three
Knicks fans more hopeful than the Knicks look right now. -- Felton takes it. Melo with it now. Drives. Stops. Felton From Times Square... Bricks.
2:48 remaining in the third quarter---
3:00 Celtics making moves. Williams misses three. Smith turns it up. Terry knocks it out of bounds.
Anthony at the line--- 2-2 from the line.
PIERCE SINKS THE THREE!! 3:21 Whistle on the floor. And the Knicks can't stop Pierce now.
4:00 The Knicks look as helpless on defense as they do on offense. Knicks crowd try to get them in it.
Nobody helps Melo. Williams blows by him and dunks it. Five-point game again.
5:31 Knicks turn it over. The Celtics turn it over. Foul on Terry. Shumpert to the line.
5:59 to play in the third quarter--- Terry pops a three! That's 6-12 from beyond the arc for the Celtics
The Knicks have fallen behind and now it's only a 2-point game.
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Celtics lead 45-39 lead. Nothing new. Can they finish though?
Terry sinks the three! 10 seconds to playMelo misses. Pierce pushes. Hits Terry. He misses.
Camby in to play! Immediately scores with a putback. 43 seconds to play---
TIMEOUT Celtics--- 1:05 to play in the first half----
1:50- Same score... NO LOOK PASS FROM PIERCE TO GARNETT!!! 6-0 run for Celtics
Seriously, what the hell were the Knicks doing pass the ball so much? 24-second violation. Shumpert makes up for it. Gets the steal.
ALLEY TO GARNETT! Celtics take the lead! TIMEOUT----- Melo got fouled 2:29 remaining---
HOW!! The Knicks let Bradley penetrate as the shot clock was about 3 seconds from expiring.
3:55 FELTON! Putting the moves on the Celtics.
4:25 Kncks get rebound. Smith misses. Bradley pushes it. Bradley open. Bricks wide open jumper.
5:02 remaning--- TIMEOUT KNICKS------------
5:38 First Knicks lead. Oh! Forget it. Felton to Chandler ALLEY! Knicks take the lead back.
Celtics with the extra pass. Chandler has to be at about 70% percent. No fight in him. Gives up an easy rebound.
6:48 Felton misses the And-1. Did a great job getting the offensive board.
7:26 Guess who! Felton!.... Pierce answers with a three!
8:06 Garnet doubled. Terry drives. Short jumper. Misses. Great chance for Knicks to increase lead.
Smith at the line--202 from the line.
8:14 Smith fouled by Garnett----- TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR!
8:43 Melo with the jumper from the corner. Already 14 points. Knicks aren't shooting threes and they're not forcing TO's
9:10 Garnett at the line 2-2 from the line.
PERSONAL FOUL- No Flagrant! Good call.
Garnett scores his first field goal. Garnett gets own rebound after the miss. Martin with a hard foul. A little bit of acting definitely. It was an attempt to swat the ball. If called a Flagrant 1. It would be a bad call.
10:18 Novak sinks a jumper. You don't see that every day. Small lineup for the Knicks.
Martin, Noval, Kidd, Smith, Prigioni.
10:48 fancy stuff from Smith. Behind the back to Martin. Prigioni running the offense. Smtih has the ball
11:30 Celtics with the ball. Bradley ties the game!
Celtics close out the quarter 20-9.
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Knicks win quarter 22-20
Smith misses three. Pierce 0-6 from the field... Smith holds the ball and dribbles the clock down. Pierce with suffocating D
55 seconds Kidd can't make easy layup!!! Melo doesn't turn around and Williams takes it from coast to coast
1:19 Melo will inbound and they turn it over. Pierce still has yet to make a shot.
Smith 1-2 from the line.... Bass with a linedrive shot off the glass. Melo gets the easy feed and puts up the shot.
2:31 left in the first---
Anthony misses. Paul Pierce again misses. Smith with some fancy dribbling. Draws the foul. Terry called for the foul.
3:09 Garnett at the line. 2-2
Melo brings them to life with a beautiful drive to the hoop! Layup. Give him two.
3:45 Melo called for a foul. Over zealous on the D. Terry for three! Swish! The Knicks crowd goes silent.
4:28 BASS IS KEEPING THE CELTICS CLOSE! Garnett again with a pass after a block.... Melo sinks a J.
4:48 Smith misses the tear drop... Garnett to Bass. And-1!
5:21 Shumpert working the dribble. Shoots over Garnett! Bucket.
Both Smith and Terry miss first shots.
6:01 remaining-- Green on the line. Sinks first. Terry comes in to the game and he smiles as he gets booed heavily.
Knicks fan receive Smith warmly. Felton drops a layup off the glass.
7:32 First poitns for the Celtics asBass hits two free throws. Bass with four points sa he gets the steal and the dunk.
Let's see what the Celtics have in store. Oh yeah, another turnover. Bass traveled.
TIMEOUT BOSTON----8:14 to play in the 1st----
The Celtics are absolutely lost on offense. They have yet to sink a shot.
9:00 Prigioni just passed up an open layup as NY had a 3 on 1. What? And Melo gave up the ball. What? What's going on.
9:52 Celtics 0-4 from the floor. Prigioni misses the three after the crowd encourages the shot.
10:24 Prigioni talks to Felton as he dribbles up. Felton with the jumper! What an offseason investment in Felton.
10:44 Knicks take 2-0 lead as Melo sinks gree throws.
11:38 Knicks control. Bass on Anthony. Shumpert doesn't put the ball up. 24-second violation
Here's tipoff-- Celtics win it. Pierce fires and misses.
Celtics-Green, Bass Garnett Pierce Bradley
Knicks- Anthony Shumper Chandler Felton Prigioni
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The New York Knicks should be confident. The Boston Celtics can't be too excited about Game 5. Welcome to the live blog with scoring updates, commentary, play-by-play and stats of today's game, heck, we might even bring you images of the game as this first round meeting could end today. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. ET and the Knicks will be looking to lock up the series while the Celtics will try to survive another game.
Once again, the Knicks should be confident. They could be down by a ton of points and because their resilient, they end up coming back. The Knicks have been able to count on a Celtics' breakdown at some point in their games. The Celtics have led comfortably in every game the Knicks have been able to cut into their deficits and eventually tie or take the lead.
"We want to end it," leading scorer Carmelo Anthony said. "We came this far, did our job at home first two games, did our job on the road, got one on the road. We've got the opportunity to end it here on our home court."
The Celtics are a group of veterans, highly doubt they will let Game 4's wasted 20-point lead bother them, but it will be interesting to see how they react if they do get a big lead. Will they feel like it's still a close game? Will they play with urgency? More importantly, will they let it get to their heads?
The Knicks get J.R. Smith back, so of course, we will keep an eye on how he interacts with the Celtics' Jason Terry, whom Smith elbowed and received a one-game suspension. Both guys are hot heads and can light up the scoreboard if they catch fire. Smith is the Sixth Man of the Year, Terry has a tattoo he likely uses to motivate himself and his teammates.
As game time approaches, give us your thoughts. What are you looking forward to seeing from this Game 5? Who do you have winning Game 5?
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